Short story writer H.H. Munro is born in Burma
On this day H.H.Munro better known as short story writer Saki is born in Burma.The son of a Burma police officer Munro was sent to live with his tyrannical aunts in England when he was 2.When he grew up he joined the Burma police department but left because of ill health.
He turned to journalism writing political satires.He also wrote a serious history The Rise of the Russian Empire (1900).Munro became foreign correspondent for a London newspaper and lived in several countries.Meanwhile he continued writing stories full of suspense and surprise endings using his pen name Saki.
His first book of stories Reginald (1904) was a success.Munro settled down in London in 1908 and continued to publish story collections including Reginald in Russia (1910) The Chronicles of Clovis (1911) and Beasts and Super-Beasts (1914).In 1912 he published a novel The Unbearable Bassington.
Munro was killed in France during action in World War I.
